To The Aotg.com Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will no longer be updating Aotg.com. Back in 2007, when we started, there was a lack of access to information about film, television, and commercial editing. We wanted to fix that by creating a central location for content about editing to be stored.

Since then, we've watched the amount of content about editing on the internet grow exponentially. We've also watched social media tools come and go with that growth. Does anyone remember Google Wave!? These social media tools changed how people access and search for media and information. People tend to turn to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram for their news and information, and those are all great tools to promote your sites, but as a site that aggregates links to other sites for users, it just doesn't work for us.

We will keep the site live but archive the ability to add links and comments. We will keep our database live with the links for those who desire to use it to search for editing information and research.

Our podcast, The Cutting Room, will move over to the Filmmakeru.com website and will continue to be a place for interviews with editors and other film professionals.

Everyone who worked for Aotg.com loved what we created and are proud that we could help so many editors find content that spoke to them.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the various post events worldwide in the coming years!

Yours truly,
Gordon Burkell
Aotg.com Founder

Stuart Freeborn talks about the creation of Yoda

November 10, 2015, 10:12 AM

https://www.aotg.com/stuart-freeborn-talks-about-the-creation-of-yoda/

Rare 1979 'The Empire Strikes Back' pre-production interview with makeup artist Stuart Freeborn on the creation of Yoda.

'The Walk' visual effects team talk

November 10, 2015, 10:12 AM

http://www.goldderby.com/news/10817/the-walk-josep...

For visual effects wizards Kevin Baillie and Camille Cellucci working on "The Walk" was one of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of their long careers. As they explain in our webcam chat (watch below), convincing audiences that Joseph Gordon-Levitt was walking on a tight-rope stretched across the twin towers of the World Trade Center took a combination of training, practical effects, and CGI slight of hand.

World Animation Summit: VFX of The Walk

November 9, 2015, 05:38 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/world-anim...

The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’ feature film chronicling performer Philippe Petit’s amazing high-wire walk between the towers of New York’s World Trade Center, is a stunning tale both in its storytelling and also its amazing VFX achievements.

October 22 BOSCPUG: VFX of ‘SOUTHPAW’ & ‘BLA

November 8, 2015, 03:56 PM

http://bosfcpug.org/boscpug102215/

We’re thrilled to continue our Fall Series featuring Sean Devereaux of Zero VFX on behind the scenes creating the VFX for 'SOUTHPAW' and 'BLACK MASS' - plus Boston premiere of iZotope RX 5!

Alex4D Animation Transitions: 120 transitions for

November 8, 2015, 07:29 AM

http://blog.alex4d.com/2015/11/05/alex4d-animation...

This week I’ve launched my first big plugin pack for Final Cut Pro X. Drop Alex4D Animation Transitions onto titles, images, videos and generators to animate them on or off the screen. Instead of a logo or text just appearing, it can slide, spin, scale or skid on. You can also animate clips off screen.

Autodesk offering software-only version of Flame,

November 5, 2015, 12:29 PM

http://postperspective.com/autodesk-offering-softw...

For those of you who have longed to be able to own an Autodesk Flame system, but the cost to entry was out of your reach, well your time has come. Autodesk has announced a software-only version of Flame that comes with a new subscription model, allowing artists to use the software for a year for approximately $6,000. The company, which in the past sold Flame as a turnkey hardware and software system, has now opened the tool up to the masses. For those of you who have bought a hardware-con...

How to free transform warp in after effects

November 4, 2015, 01:26 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNx5TQXZ3U

A quick tip in After Effects to show you how to use the Reshape tool like a free transform tool. its pretty neat. If you need CC, Get Adobe Creative Cloud: http://goo.gl/dXciWe to help support this channel. Don't forget to share this video. You never know who among your friends is a closet After Effects user. Thanks. Google+ https://plus.google.com/116138148272103856598/posts After Effects Users Community https://plus.google.com/communities/109444254714171602367 Twitt...

The Imageworks VFX Channel Is the Best Kept Secret

November 4, 2015, 01:26 PM

https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/the-imageworks-vf...

One of the coolest things about the modern VFX industry is the fact that companies are uploading their breakdowns online. You probably know about famous companies like ILM and Blur, but we just recently came across the Sony Imageworks YouTube channel and it’s just as cool. Below are just a few of our favorite breakdowns from their channel. If you want to see more, I highly recommend checking out their YouTube page.

Autodesk to discontinue turnkey Flame systems

November 4, 2015, 10:32 AM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/11/autodesk-to-disco...

Autodesk is to discontinue sales of Flame, its high-end visual effects, compositing and finishing product, as a turnkey system from next January.

V-Ray for NUKE - Quick Start: Materials and Textur

November 4, 2015, 05:53 AM

https://www.aotg.com/v-ray-for-nuke-quick-start-materials-and-textur/

This video covers V-Ray for NUKE’s ability to generate a rendered element. We’ll also take a look at the VRayMaterialPreview node and how it can be used to rapidly develop the look of a shader using just the VRayMaterialPreview node and a VRayMtl node or shading network that you create, without having to set up an entire scene.

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